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I did say ~ and this should be sufficient ~ that the woman is adorned with the false royalty of this world (biblically, purple is the color of royalty), and scarlet ; as you probably know, the Romans, in taking Jesus to His crucifixion, dressed Jesus in a purple robe, mocking His claim to be...

I can't help what you read ~ misread, I guess ~ into any comment I make. And even then, it seems that before you would jump to such a conclusion, you would ask me to clarify. But, at this point, you have no idea how much I don't care. I can't blame you for your perceptions... or...

Nope. Ah, stop right there. Again, I will say that holding that God "forces anyone to be saved," insinuating such a thing to be true, or asserting that I hold such a position either inadvertently or intentionally is without merit altogether. It had absolutely nothing to do with you. You're...

Opinion (yours) is... See above (Post #694). I have, but not to your satisfaction, obviously, which is, too bad, I guess, but it is what it is. Grace and peace to you.

LOL! I said this in response to your... question... to me regarding why I can't admit something. You said (and I quote), "...your doctrine gives them an excuse. Why can't you admit that?" And my response to that was that if I said that, that would be a dumb thing for me to say. That had...

In your opinion. I know. <smile> But opinions and facts are possibly two very different things. But, yes, me, too. <smile> Grace and peace to you.

I have not. Now, I could call you a liar, but that would be inaccurate, because I think you actually believe what you are saying, or at the very least in the case you really are lying here just a one-off, which in my book wouldn't qualify your actually being a liar. <eye roll> Again, I would...

Nope. Hmmm, well the gold cup, The Light, is full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And yes, the woman is adorned with the false "royalty" of this world, I appreciate your opinion... and have no problem with anyone calling what I have said my opinion. Grace and...

Yeah, as long as people agree with you, then that's productive, and there's no reason to get all ticked off and call them "clowns" or "idiots" or "have poor reading comprehension skills" or treat them with various other means of disrespect, right? <smile> Grace and peace to you.

Nope. Nope. Well, the "worldly city" is global in a sense... really of the world and not of God, and that has always been true since the events of Genesis 3, but that's what will finally be set right, when God makes all things new. Goodness gracious. Grace and peace to you.

Well, the big picture painted in those fantastical images are what is important to "see." Yeah... I mean... Okay, a good analogy is that... well, first, in Proverbs, what has to be understood is that the hearer is an impressionable young man. Solomon says that wisdom is what is to be desired...

LOL! Well, yes, but a literal woman cannot either... <smile> Unless the mounts are stacked on top of each other, I guess... LOL! Sometimes, yes... <smile> Maybe it's a good idea to stay away from any derivation of the word 'symbol,' and just read certain parts of Scripture as they...

Well, not solely. <smile> They are merely the first, immediate iteration of what is "seen" in John's vision. Ugh. <smile> As I said, the five who have fallen represents an indefinite number of previous emperors... even up to now. The presence of the sixth indicates in symbolic fashion that...

I'm going to join in the conversation (if it can be called that) here. <smile> Whether I stay in long I will determine later; for now I'll keep my options open... <smile> I think you mean the ten horns, here, The Light. So yeah, the number ten goes back through Revelation 17:7 and 13:1 to...

I have never said anything to you like some of the things you have said to me or other posters here... or used the same sort of "manner" you often do either with me or with other posters here. nor would I. Have I been perfect? No, of course not. But the record is clear. Yes, let's get back...

That's not what was talking about. But he probably is offended to some extent, as evidenced by the fact that he often responds in kind, returning evil for evil. It's like a never-ending tennis match in a dark sort of way... <smile> Pish. The record is clear. I will certainly stop short of...

I'm not doing anything of the sort, SI. I was very all-inclusive with my comments: "the same can be said of us all" "not aimed at anyone in particular but applies to us all" "for any one of us to attribute that to and/or to disparage or tear down any one here..." "How we conduct ourselves..."...

There's a lot of that going on here, and "they" are not the only ones guilty of that, which was at least one of my points. Sure, but for any one of us to attribute that to and/or to disparage or tear down any one here is terribly sinful, which, again, was at least one of my points. Again...

You know this, SI, but "spiritualized" is made out to be ~ in those streams of thought ~ essentially synonymous with "not real" and/or "not literal." Which is surely not the case. They... think they do. <smile> And that's fair enough, the same can be said of us all. This comment is not...

John says in 1 John 2:18, "you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour." That's true of the sixth and seventh only. As I said, the four horsemen of 6:1-8 represent conquest, war, famine, and death. These calamities...